Customer Reviews

Hey, iTunes

This is a great idea! I wish they would release more 80s music along with the video.

30 ?

by
bob bobblaw

I refuse to believe it's been 30 years . . . . .

wheres the 12"??

by
discoman2005

youd think they whip out the 6 minute version for the 30th anniversary

Biography

Born: September 22, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA

Genre: Pop

Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Toni Basil was one of new wave's ultimate one-hit wonders, falling completely off the musical radar screen after topping the charts with the ubiquitous cheerleader-chant single "Mickey." Chiefly a choreographer, Basil was born Antonia Christina Basilotta in Philadelphia (sources listing her birth date range from 1943 to 1950) and attended high school in Las Vegas, where — unsurprisingly — she was a member of the cheerleading squad. After high school, she became a go-go dancer and quickly...